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G. SJOGREN.

OIL CAN SPOUT.

APPLICATION flLED APR. I9. 1919 Patented Aug. 26, 19H).

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Inventor.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE SJOGREN, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO. CANADA, ASBIGNOR T0 HARVEY OBEE AND DUNCAN ALEXANDER MOPHERSON, BOTH OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

OIL-CAN SIPOUT.

Patented Aug. 26. 191 9.

Application filed April 19, 1919. Serial No. 991,3 1..

1,314,156. Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Guoncn Soocnnn, a, subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of the city of Toronto, county of York, Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Can spouts, as described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, that form part of the same.

The principal objects of this invention are, to facilitate the directing of oils or greases into holes or receptacles, particularly where such holes or receptacles are ar ranged in positions awkward of access, and to obviate the difficulties and annoyances due to the choking of the nozzle and with foreign matter.

The principal feature of the invention consists in the novel construction and urrangement of n ductile member Within a flexible spout for retaining the spout in a bent position whereby the ductile mmnber may be projected to the mouth of the nozzle to clear any obstruction therefrom.

In the drawings, Figure l is a part sectional view of a1" spout constructed in accord-- ance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a part sectional view illustrating the manner of operstion of the member for clearing the spout.

The present invention is an improvement upon the device disclosed in my previous U. S. Patent No. 1,279,029 and the general construction of the oil can cap 1 and flexible interlocking spiral portion secured in the sleeve portion 3. At the outer end of the spout is secured a nozzle 4.

The ductile member 5 which is here shown in the form of a. length of twisted wire secured at the inner end 6 within the cap is at the outer end 7 extended into the nozzle 4, such outer end 7 being preferably a single wire, though a double wire may be carried through the nozzle if desired.

It is preferable to cut one of the Wires shorter than the other and the shorter Wire is preferably formed into n 100 8 which holds the outer portion 7 in a. su stantially central position in the nozzle.

The peculiar construction of the spirally formed flexible spout allows of a certain amount of longitudinal movement in the joints. This feature enables the accomplishmerit of u very important result. The wire 5 is securely v nstencd at the inner end but fits loosely within the flexible tube and by the simple action of pressing inwardly upon the nozzle the end 7 of the wire is caused to project beyond the point of the nozzle, conseqm-ntly any dirt clogging the month of the herein will be pushed i. thereby freeing ihe passage for the oil.

The ductile member while here shown with a. double wire may be a single wire and may be in any desirable form so long as it has rhufeature of flexibility Without resilieuc and will retain its form to any 0- sition to which it may be bent, thus ho l inp; the spout to any desired bond.

The ductile member may be furnished with any form of no projecting point to extend into the nozzle for the purposc of clearing out any obstruction in the nozzle by the longitudii'ml compression or shortening of the flexible tube.

Win-it I claim as my invention is 1. In an oil can spout, the combination with a flexible tubular member having a nozzle nt one end and n ductile member orrnnged within. said tubular member and exieuding into the nozzle.

2. In an oil can spout, the combination with a flexible tubular member havin anozzle at one end, and a ductile mom er arranged within said tubular member and having its outer end extending through the nozzle mouth thereof.

3. In an oil can spout, the combination with a flexible tubular member having a nozzle at one end. and a ductile member or and terminating substantially at the nozzle at one end, and a ductile member in the form of a double twisted wire secured at the inner end of the tube and havin one end of the wire formed into a. loop an the 5 other end projecting beyond the loop and extending into the nozzle.

5. In an oil can spout, a flexible tubular member vnpnhle of longitudinal contraction. and n ductile member arranged within said flexible tubular member and secured at the 10 inner end and extending int0,the nozzle \t' the enter end.

GEORGE SJ OGREN. 

